I can’t help but think of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the vivid and illustrative scenes of pigs at the trough, all on the public purse, liars and hypocrites all, telling us how they know best while living off the avails of taxation.
But this is the new better world of a “Just Transition” – and the elites are advocating for it all the way to the bank.
Read MoreBehrouz Khamseh is nothing if not doggedly, admirably determined in his approach to the City of Toronto. Photo: YouTube This story was updated at 9am on August 4th with the information that Ontario’s Municipal Conflict of Interest Act was amended
Read MoreThe number of students who printed a certificate from DRVRhub online training has increased to 3,754 from 3,602, Taxi News has learned. Toronto Licensing and Standards division has not yet decided on whether these certificates will be accepted in the Vehicle for Hire (VFH) program in which training is now mandatory.
The original number of customers and potential Vehicle for Hire drivers who had paid for and completed the DRVRhub course was 3,602. However, an email from Toronto Licensing staff on July 28 notes that the number has been increased to 3,754.
“The City is reviewing information on the 3,754 drivers who had already completed the DRVR Hub training program before it was suspended on July 8.
Read MoreVehicle-for-Hire driver training in Toronto must involve a live instructor in real-time, according to a letter sent to approved training organizations on July 27th.
“I write in respect of the City of Toronto’s driver training accreditation program for vehicle-for-hire and PTC drivers,” wrote Fiona Reid, Director of Business and Regulatory Services in a letter obtained by Taxi News.
“This is to advise that the city is exercising its discretion under the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 546-13A and B to amend the driver training accreditation program to add an additional mandatory component in the posted criteria for driver training courses. The additional mandatory component is that all accredited driver training courses must include live attendance or online interaction with instructors/evaluators in real time.
Read MoreA student in one of DriveWise’s Simulator units customized for Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire training. Photo: DriveWise DriveWise Canada is dropping one of its “Mobile Units” in Beck Taxi’s parking lot at #1 Credit Union Drive on Wednesday, July 27th.
Read MorePossibly thousands of Vehicles for Hire were just given a one year extension on their allowable life by Toronto Council. Photo: Nabeel Syed, Unsplash A motion to allow Accessible Taxis to stay on the road three additional years has morphed
Read MoreUber’s gleeful lawlessness is proving to be its Achilles heel. This was obvious to anyone with common sense while Toronto was re-writing its vehicle for hire by-law for Uber last year and SHOULD have been immediately apparent to the politicians we pay to make our laws. It was not.
On June 21, in an article entitled “Uber can’t be fixed; it’s time for regulators to shut it down,” Benjamin Edelman wrote in the Harvard Business Review: “The company’s cultural dysfunction, it seems to me, stems from the very nature of the company’s competitive advantage: Uber’s business model is predicated on lawbreaking. And having grown through intentional illegality, Uber can’t easily pivot toward following the rules.”
“Having built a corporate culture that celebrates breaking the law, it is surely no accident that Uber then faced scandal after scandal. How is an Uber manager to know which laws should be followed and which ignored?” Edelman asks.
Read MoreTaxi News publisher Rita Smith’s Op Ed on the looming disaster in Toronto’s Accessible Taxi service has been published in the Toronto Star today, July 21st. On July 15, the Star ran a modified version of Taxi News’ editorial “Don’t
Read MoreBefore Uber arrived in Toronto, the City had a viable social contract with the individuals willing to invest $60,000 or more in an Accessible van customized to transport passengers with wheelchairs and walkers.
Now, in 2022, the last fleet of Accessible vans purchased before Toronto shredded its social contract with Taxi drivers is aging out, and many of the owners have no plan to re-invest.
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